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The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State has denied reports of a rift within its fold. This clarification was made during a meeting of the 21 Local Government Chairmen of the Party and members of the State Working Committee at the APC secretariat in Yola, the Adamawa State capital. Leaders of the party also passed a vote of confidence ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), has slammed a life ban on Mr Albert Okumagba, the group Managing Director, BGL Group and his deputy, Mr. Chibundu Edozie. This is contained in a statement pasted on the commission’s website. The Commision said it has also cancelled the licenses of Assets Management Limited and BGL Securities Ltd belonging to Okumagba. It said ...

The Ekiti State House of Assembly has given the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), 21-day ultimatum to commence investigation into the allegation of N40 billion fraud made against the immediate past governor of the State and Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr Kayode Fayemi and others, or face legal action, accusing the anti-corruption commission of compromise. The House ...

President Muhammadu Buhari is embarking on a 10-day annual leave. To this end, the president on Thursday transmitted a letter to the Senate intimating it of his decision to embark on leave. The letter was read on the floor of the Senate by the Senate President Bukola Saraki. Details later Share on Facebook

The bid by Governor Aminu Tambuwal to stop a suit challenging the propriety of his nomination as candidate of the All Progressive Congress, APC for the 2015 governorship election in Sokoto state has been struck out by the Supreme Court. The apex court ruled on Tuesday that the nomination of Tambuwal by his party should be challenged by another governorship ...

The All Progressives Congress members of the Senate have removed Ali Ndume as their leader. The development was conveyed by Senate President Bukola Saraki who read a letter he claimed was sent to him by the caucus. The caucus elected to replace Mr. Ndume with Ahmed Lawan, the letter read by Mr. Saraki said. Addressing journalists after the Senate’s plenary, ...

ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA, AT THE FLAG OFF OF THE PRIMARY HEALTH CARE REVITALISATION PROGRAMME AND COMMISSIONING OF THE KUCHIGORO PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE AS A MODEL PRIMARY HEALTH CARE CENTRE, 10TH JANUARY 2017 I am delighted to be here at this occasion to personally flag off one of the cardinal ...

Ekiti State Governor, Mr. Ayodele Fayose, has described the N5,000 the federal government said it had started paying to the poor in Nigeria as a mere propaganda and advised them to stop running government and governance on propaganda. He said: “A blind man will say it is when it gets into my mouth that I will say you are feeding ...

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it would deploy 10,294 staff to conclude the re-run National and State Assembly elections in Rivers scheduled for Saturday. INEC which stated this in its daily bulletin issued on Tuesday in Abuja that 14 categories of staff would be deployed to make up the 10,294 figure. The categories according to the commission, will ...

A peek into the qualification details of the members of the National Assembly by Daily Trust on Sunday reveals that a staggering number of the parliamentarians got elected with Ordinary Level certificates during the 2015 general elections, a development that leaves doubts on the capacity and quality of legislation in the 8th National Assembly. A total of 45 federal lawmakers ...